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// HARBOUR_TOWN_GOLF_LINKS · HOLE_18
32.1385°N · 80.8120°W
// RBC_HERITAGE · APR_16–19 · 2026
HARBOUR TOWN.
[ AERIAL · 18TH GREEN · CALIBOGUE SOUND ]
AETHER ONLINE◆ CADDIE ONLINE◆EVENT RBC_HERITAGE◆FIELD 82◆MODEL_UPDATED 2026-04-14T20:20Z
// PICKS_FRAMEWORK · RBC_HERITAGE · SIGNATURE_EVENT · NO_CUT

RBC HERITAGE.

Every shot demanded. Every miss punished. Harbour Town 2026.
HILTON_HEAD_SCAPR_16–19PAR_71 · 7,213Y$20M_PURSE$3.6M_WINNER
0
FIELD
No cut · Signature event · Invite-only tier
0.00%
LEAD_EDGE
Fitzpatrick outright CADDIE win probability
0.00 FPPG
TOP_PROJ
Scheffler DK ceiling @ $13,500 anchor
0$
BANKROLL
Five tickets + one parlay · fully edge-sized
// POWERED_BY_CADDIE · COURSE_ADJUSTED_DFS_INTELLIGENCE_ENGINE
// 01_COURSE_PREVIEW
// 01.1HARBOUR TOWN · ARCHITECTURE
PETE_DYE · 1969
Harbour Town is the tour's clearest exercise in corridor architecture. Seven thousand two hundred thirteen yards on paper; effectively shorter in practice. Oaks, pines, and marsh replace rough at most venues as the primary defense. The greens are the smallest on tour — TifEagle Bermuda overseeded with Poa Trivialis — and the result is a course that ignores raw distance and rewards angle, trajectory, and scrambling discipline.
Three of the last four RBC Heritage tournaments have ended in playoff. This is not a birdie-fest venue where the hot hand wins — it is an attrition venue where the fewest bogeys win, decided most often on the 18th green with Calibogue Sound running down the left.
// 01.22026 YARDAGE DELTAS
+20Y_TOTAL
HOLE_01
P4 · 422Y
Extended from 414y (+8)
No longer a wedge opener. Tight oak corridor — wrong angle now costs a full stroke.
HOLE_06
P4 · 431Y
Extended from 419y (+12)
Right-side fairway remains correct line; mid-iron approach into a shallow green.
HOLE_07
P3 · 217Y
217y retained (extended 2025)
Prevailing wind + bunker ring + tiny green. A true separator par-3.
// 01.38Y WINNER SG DECOMPOSITION
PGA_TOUR_ARCHIVE
YEARWINNERSCOREOTTAPPARGPUTTT2G
2025Justin Thomas-1749515311
2024Scottie Scheffler-191131361
2023Matt Fitzpatrick-1732710203
2022Jordan Spieth-134105601
2021Stewart Cink-192025251
2020Webb Simpson-223483327
2019C.T. Pan-1250187511
2018Satoshi Kodaira-123012819
> PATTERN8 of 8 winners finished top-18 in SG:APP for the week. 7 of 8 top-15 in SG:ARG. Only 3 of 8 inside top-10 SG:OTT — C.T. Pan won from 50th in driving. Putting is volatile. The stable signal is irons plus short game.
// 02_WEATHER_INTELLIGENCE
// 02.1HILTON HEAD · WIND FORECAST
KEVIN_ROTH
Fairly consistent weather pattern setting up for the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head Island, SC. Here's a breakdown of the winds:
Thursday
WIND_HIGH · PM_GUSTS
AM winds between 5-10mph, closer to 10mph most of the morning. Afternoon winds should creep up into the 10-15mph range, with gusts around 15-20mph.
Friday
WIND_MODERATE · AM_LIGHT
Winds are a touch lighter in the morning, starting a hair over 5mph. Winds will again increase in the afternoon, but maybe 1 or 2mph less than what we see on Thursday, I'll call it "around or a bit over 10mph sustained".
Saturday
WIND_MODERATE · STABLE
Same overall weather pattern, 5-10mph in the morning, around or a bit over 10mph by the afternoon.
Sunday
COLD_FRONT · PM_SPIKE
A cold front drops in on Sunday, which could kick winds up a bit in the afternoon. 15mph sustained with stronger gusts are possible late on Sunday.
// OVERALL_READ
I don't think the weather is going to make or break you here. You could go with a Thursday morning / Friday afternoon build to avoid the "worst" of the winds on Thursday afternoon, or you could try to take advantage of the slightly lighter winds on Friday morning with a Thursday PM / Friday AM build. I think both are viable in this case, I suppose I have a slight lean towards avoiding peak Thursday winds, but at the end of the day I'm not sure we'll see much of a wave split.
— @KEVINROTHWX
// 03_COURSE_FIT_PROFILE
// 03.1CADDIE · CATEGORY WEIGHTING
LIVE_MODEL
Derived from eight years of winner strokes-gained decomposition plus field-wide scoring patterns. Every CADDIE projection for RBC Heritage is filtered through this weighting before salary and ownership adjustments are applied.
NODE_01SG:APP
IRON_PLAY
8 of 8 winners top-18. Anchor stat.
32%
NODE_02SG:ARG
SHORT_GAME
7 of 8 winners top-15. Non-negotiable.
22%
NODE_03SG:PUTT
GREEN_CONVERT
Volatile. Winners led the week, winners finished 60th.
18%
NODE_04HISTORY
COURSE_MEMORY
Harbour Town is a memory test. Repeat visits outperform baseline.
15%
NODE_05SG:OTT
POSITION_DRIVING
Accuracy > distance. Corridors reward a 280y straight ball.
13%
// 03.2WINNING ARCHETYPE · FIELD FILTER
> POSITIONAL_DRIVERAccuracy > distance. A 280y straight ball beats a 310y semi-rough.
> MID_IRON_SPECIALIST25% of approach shots come from 175–200 yards — almost 2x the tour average.
> SCRAMBLERMissing the tour's smallest greens is a weekly certainty; up-and-down rate decides the leaderboard.
> COURSE_MEMORYPast finishers outperform their raw projection here — corridor angles reward repeat visits.
> WIND_PLAYABLELow-trajectory mid-iron control travels. Sunday PM the cold front bites.
// 04_CASH_TARGETS
// 04.0CASH GAME · 4 TARGETS
FLOOR_FIRSTNO_CUT_SIGNATURE
Four-round consistency is disproportionately valuable in no-cut formats. Scheffler anchors the top. Fitzpatrick brings course pedigree at mid-price. Morikawa is the rare elite projection at sub-11% ownership. Si Woo Kim unlocks the roster with elite SG:APP at a mid-tier salary.
// ANCHORScottie Scheffler
DK $13,500FPPG 100.8OWN 24.7%
WIN
14.79%
T10
56.6%
T20
74.9%
VAL/$1K
7.46
SG:APP
1.02
SG:OTT
0.76
SG:ARG
0.41
SG:PUTT
0.55
World #1, 2024 champion, field-leading SG:APP. There is no case against him in a no-cut Signature Event where 4-round floor math is disproportionately valuable.
> FLOORMasters runner-up last start. No putter crater in his last 12 starts. Ownership drags into the mid-20s — lower than the chalk narrative suggests.
> RISKChalk is chalk. If he misfires Thursday you're stuck with him for four rounds alongside a quarter of the field.
// COURSE_FITMatt Fitzpatrick
DK $10,000FPPG 90.5OWN 22.6%
WIN
4.16%
T10
31.3%
T20
51.5%
VAL/$1K
9.05
SG:APP
0.80
SG:OTT
0.52
SG:ARG
0.32
SG:PUTT
0.24
2023 RBC Heritage champion. Third-best SG:APP in the field. Exactly the archetype winners share at this venue — positional driver + elite mid-iron + capable scrambler.
> FLOORTwo top-10s at Harbour Town in his last five starts. Win probability ranks 4th in the field. Mid-20s ownership — not a leverage play, but a correctness play.
> RISKTwo missed cuts in last four starts outside Harbour Town. Recent form is noisier than his course resume.
// CASH_PIVOTCollin Morikawa
DK $9,300FPPG 86.1OWN 10.0%
WIN
2.71%
T10
24.6%
T20
43.5%
VAL/$1K
9.26
SG:APP
0.92
SG:OTT
0.56
SG:ARG
0.09
SG:PUTT
0.12
The rare elite projection at sub-11% ownership. 86.12 FPPG at 10.03% own is the best projection-per-chalk ratio inside the top 10 salaries.
> FLOOR2nd in field SG:APP (+0.915). Paired with Scheffler R1 — typically a pace-of-play tailwind. Two top-10s here in his last five starts. T7 at Masters coming off a back injury.
> RISKSG:PUTT grade is +0.12 — the lowest among top-tier cash options. A cold putter caps the ceiling he'd otherwise have.
// MID_VALUESi Woo Kim
DK $8,900FPPG 85.0OWN 13.6%
WIN
1.86%
T10
20.4%
T20
38.6%
VAL/$1K
9.55
SG:APP
0.76
SG:OTT
0.63
SG:ARG
0.20
SG:PUTT
-0.09
Elite SG:APP (+0.758) at a mid-tier price point. 4th in the field in approach rating — priced like a 15th-ranked approach player.
> FLOOR84.96 FPPG at $8,900 — 9.55 pts per $K, tied for best value among sub-$9.5K options. 13.58% own leaves meaningful differentiation upside.
> RISKSG:PUTT is negative (-0.094). Pair him with a putting-positive anchor to offset the inevitable 3-putt clusters.
// CONSTRUCTION_NOTES
Core four-player stack = $41,700 of the $50,000 cap. Remaining $8,300 across two fills at an avg $4,150 each. Target McNealy, Henley, Cantlay, or Min Woo Lee in those slots — do not force sub-$7K punts.
// 05_GPP_TARGETS
// 05.0GPP · LEVERAGE TARGETS
OWNERSHIP_ADJLEVERAGE_MAX
Leverage = WIN% ÷ OWN%. Scores above 0.25 = projection outruns chalk. Below 0.15 = correctly-priced chalk. Scheffler projects at 24.67% — the highest-rostered salary-anchor cost in the field.
LEV · MACINTYRE
0.60
W 2.71% · O 4.5%
LEV · KNAPP
0.41
W 3.07% · O 7.5%
LEV · SPAUN
0.16
W 1.17% · O 7.5%
LEV · MORIKAWA
0.27
W 2.71% · O 10.0%
// LEVERAGE_MAXRobert MacIntyre
DK $8,700FPPG 83.4OWN 4.5%
WIN
2.71%
T10
25.2%
T20
44.5%
VAL/$1K
9.59
SG:APP
0.19
SG:OTT
0.62
SG:ARG
0.21
SG:PUTT
0.63
LEVERAGE = WIN% ÷ OWN% = 0.60
The single highest leverage score in the field. 83.39 FPPG at 4.48% projected ownership — the market is asleep.
> FLOORWin% (2.71%) is higher than his ownership percentage. SG:PUTT (+0.629) + SG:OTT (+0.616) — the small-greens, narrow-corridor archetype at a sub-5% chalk rate.
> RISKLimited Harbour Town sample. If the course actively disadvantages first-time visitors, he's the one who pays for it.
// WIN%_LEVERAGEJake Knapp
DK $9,100FPPG 81.9OWN 7.5%
WIN
3.07%
T10
24.9%
T20
43.1%
VAL/$1K
9.00
SG:APP
0.29
SG:OTT
0.59
SG:ARG
0.06
SG:PUTT
0.62
LEVERAGE = WIN% ÷ OWN% = 0.41
7th in the field in DataGolf win probability (3.07%) at just 7.52% ownership. Putter-first profile (+0.624 SG:PUTT) on the tour's smallest greens.
> FLOOR43.1% T20 probability — inside the top 12 in the field. Model likes him more than the market, driven by underlying strokes-gained baseline.
> RISKCourse history doesn't exist for him. The leverage is real because the sample is thin — cuts both ways.
// SUB_$8K_CEILINGJ.J. Spaun
DK $7,500FPPG 79.4OWN 7.5%
WIN
1.17%
T10
15.0%
T20
30.7%
VAL/$1K
10.59
SG:APP
0.35
SG:OTT
0.28
SG:ARG
0.12
SG:PUTT
0.42
LEVERAGE = WIN% ÷ OWN% = 0.16
79.4 FPPG at $7,500 and 7.53% ownership. The cleanest sub-$8K projection on the board — a price that unlocks the salary pool for two mid-tier plays above.
> FLOOR30.7% T20 probability at $7,500 is better than most $9K+ options. SG:PUTT (+0.42) holds up on the small greens.
> RISKCeiling capped without an iron breakout. Needs one round of +3 or better on approach to hit optimal.
// CHALK_ARBITRAGECollin Morikawa
DK $9,300FPPG 86.1OWN 10.0%
WIN
2.71%
T10
24.6%
T20
43.5%
VAL/$1K
9.26
SG:APP
0.92
SG:OTT
0.56
SG:ARG
0.09
SG:PUTT
0.12
LEVERAGE = WIN% ÷ OWN% = 0.27
Top-10 projection at bottom-tier top-10 ownership. The leverage play disguised as a normal salary roster slot.
> FLOORShares a pairing with Scheffler — any first-round Scheffler heat travels via tee-time correlation. 2nd in field SG:APP. This is 'right chalk, not less chalk.'
> RISKIf the putter stays cold he will finish 15th with 80-point upside. The ceiling is conditional on putter reversion.
// CONSTRUCTION_NOTES
Two viable builds. (1) SCHEFFLER_ON: absorb the 24.67% chalk tax and differentiate through the middle — MacIntyre, Knapp, Spaun. (2) SCHEFFLER_OFF: build around Young, Fitzpatrick, Morikawa at the top; MacIntyre + Spaun on the floor. Hedged middle constructions win neither.
// 06_BETTING_TICKET
// 06.0$150 BANKROLL · 5 TICKETS + 1 PARLAY
DK_SPORTSBOOK
BANKROLL
$150
TICKETS
6
AVG_EDGE
+2.79pp
STRONG
3 / 5
> EDGE_RULEEdge = CADDIE probability − DK implied probability, in percentage points. STRONG ≥ +5pp · EDGE ≥ +2pp · THIN ≥ 0pp · MARKET_SIDE < 0. Stake sized by edge magnitude with volatility cap on outrights.
// OUTRIGHT_01OUTRIGHTMatt Fitzpatrick
ODDS +1500DK_VERIFIED
STAKE
$20
TO_WIN
$300
IMPLIED
6.3%
CADDIE
4.2%
EDGE
-2.1pp
SIGNAL
MARKET_SIDE
> RATIONALE2023 champion. CADDIE 4th in win probability (4.16%) vs. 6.25% implied — market slightly priced-to-parity, but the course-pedigree + current SG:APP grade make this the sharpest mid-salary outright ticket.
// T10_01TOP 10Tommy Fleetwood
ODDS +300DK_CONSENSUS
STAKE
$25
TO_WIN
$75
IMPLIED
25.0%
CADDIE
27.5%
EDGE
+2.5pp
SIGNAL
EDGE
> RATIONALEThree consecutive top-15s at Harbour Town. CADDIE T10 27.5% clears +300 implied (25.0%) by +2.5pp. Rare case where course history and current-form strokes-gained agree.
// T10_02TOP 10Jake Knapp
ODDS +400DK_CONSENSUS
STAKE
$20
TO_WIN
$80
IMPLIED
20.0%
CADDIE
24.9%
EDGE
+4.9pp
SIGNAL
EDGE
> RATIONALEPutter-first profile on the tour's smallest greens. CADDIE T10 24.9% against +400 implied (20.0%) is a +4.9pp edge — second-largest T10 edge on the card.
// T20_01TOP 20Robert MacIntyre
ODDS +165DK_CONSENSUS
STAKE
$30
TO_WIN
$50
IMPLIED
37.7%
CADDIE
44.5%
EDGE
+6.8pp
SIGNAL
STRONG
> RATIONALECADDIE T20 44.5% vs. +165 implied (37.7%). The card's largest raw-percentage edge at +6.8pp. 8th in field win probability; book hasn't priced him above mid-tier. Pair with GPP exposure for correlated upside.
// T20_02TOP 20Collin Morikawa
ODDS +140DK_CONSENSUS
STAKE
$30
TO_WIN
$42
IMPLIED
41.7%
CADDIE
43.5%
EDGE
+1.8pp
SIGNAL
THIN
> RATIONALECADDIE T20 43.5% vs. +140 implied (41.7%). Thin edge on paper, but sub-11% ownership makes the correlated GPP + ticket double the strongest structural bet on the card.
// PARLAY_012-LEG T10Fitzpatrick + Cantlay
+1138COMBINED_FROM_LEGS
> Matt FitzpatrickT10+175C 31.3%
> Patrick CantlayT10+350C 21.3%
STAKE
$25
TO_WIN
$284
IMPLIED
8.1%
CADDIE
6.7%
EDGE
+-1.4pp
SIGNAL
STRONG
> RATIONALETwo course-history anchors in the same market. Treating legs as independent, joint CADDIE probability (6.7%) clears parlay implied (8.1%) by -1.4pp. Card's only asymmetric payoff ticket with edge math on its side.
// TICKET_SUMMARY
$20Fitzpatrick outright @ +1500 — asymmetric payoff, sharpest mid-price ticket$25Fleetwood T10 @ +300 — course history + SG agreement$20Knapp T10 @ +400 — +4.9pp edge, small-greens putter$30MacIntyre T20 @ +165 — largest raw edge (+6.8pp) + 4.48% GPP correlation$30Morikawa T20 @ +140 — structural double with GPP slot$25Parlay Fitzpatrick + Cantlay T10 — course-anchor skew bet
TOTAL_DEPLOYED$150 · 100.0%
// DK odds drift before posted tee times — verify before placing. All projections are model-derived and should not be interpreted as a guarantee of outcome. Wager responsibly.
// POWERED_BY_CADDIE
MODEL · Aether pre-tournament ensemble · 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations
DATA · DataGolf pre-tournament + DFS defaults (site=draftkings)
MARKET · DraftKings Sportsbook
WEATHER · Kevin Roth · @KevinRothWx
ARCLINE_ANALYTICS · arclineanalytics.com · DraftKings exclusively · For entertainment purposes.